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  Published in: Dark Money Investigations: Investigation

  New evidence that LibDems sold voter data for £100,000 held back till after election

  Published on: 13 November 2019

  Written by: James Cusick All articles by James Cusick

  UK’s data watchdog has documents to show the Liberal Democrats had a lucrative commercial deal with the Remain...

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  Published in: Dark Money Investigations: Investigation

  Number 10 abused its power by demanding cover-up of donors and friends of Boris in report on Russian influence

  Published on: 11 November 2019

  Written by: James Cusick All articles by James Cusick

  Sources close to the parliamentary Intelligence and Security Committee say that only a threat to national security...

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  Published in: Dark Money Investigations: Investigation

  Revealed: Russian donors have stepped up Tory funding

  Published on: 5 November 2019

  Written by: Seth Thévoz All articles by Seth Thévoz

  Written by: Peter Geoghegan All articles by Peter Geoghegan

  As Johnson accused of ‘cover-up’ over Kremlin interference, major new Russian donations to Conservatives revealed –...

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  Published in: Dark Money Investigations

  Johnson and Cummings under fire as police hand criminal evidence on Vote Leave to prosecution agency

  Published on: 1 November 2019

  Written by: James Cusick All articles by James Cusick

  Exclusive: After 16-month investigation, Met Police refer Vote Leave to the CPS for possible criminal charges. But...

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  Published in: Dark Money Investigations

  Revealed: Farage’s Brexit Party chairman facing questions over offshore tax haven links

  Published on: 11 October 2019

  Written by: Daniel Beizsley All articles by Daniel Beizsley

  Brexit ‘Bad Boy’ Richard Tice says he doesn’t know who’s behind offshore firms that own a large stake in his family...

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  Published in: Dark Money Investigations

  National Crime Agency finds ‘no evidence’ of crimes committed by Arron Banks’s Brexit campaign

  Published on: 25 September 2019

  Written by: Adam Ramsay All articles by Adam Ramsay

  Electoral Commission says decision ‘allows overseas funds into UK politics’, as it comes under fire from Brexit...

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  Published in: Dark Money Investigations

  Revealed: Election pact between Johnson and Farage edges closer

  Published on: 6 September 2019

  Written by: James Cusick All articles by James Cusick

  Written by: Peter Geoghegan All articles by Peter Geoghegan

  Channels opened between Downing Street and the Brexit Party. Arron Banks prepared to donate substantial funds to...

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  Published in: Dark Money Investigations

  MP demands investigation into Farage’s US, dark money pro-Brexit campaign group

  Published on: 30 July 2019

  Written by: Adam Ramsay All articles by Adam Ramsay

  Stark warning of US-style Super PACs arriving in UK as Brexit Party leader launches dark-money-funded campaign group...

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  Published in: Dark Money Investigations

  Think tank won’t reveal who paid for report calling Extinction Rebellion ‘extremists’

  Published on: 18 July 2019

  Written by: Adam Ramsay All articles by Adam Ramsay

  Police officer previously linked to Stephen Lawrence spying controversy accuses non-violent environmental group of...

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  Published in: Dark Money Investigations

  Tax-funded research by Rees-Mogg’s ERG must be released, tribunal rules

  Published on: 2 July 2019

  Written by: Jenna Corderoy All articles by Jenna Corderoy

  Written by: Peter Geoghegan All articles by Peter Geoghegan

  Long-running openDemocracy investigation sees ruling that the public has a right to see research produced by the...

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  Published in: oDR

  How a Central Asian business empire dines out on British secrecy

  Published on: 27 June 2019

  Written by: Kristian Lasslett All articles by Kristian Lasslett

  Using the UK’s lax corporate transparency and accountability regime, international businesses can, in effect, mask...

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  Published in: Dark Money Investigations

  Dominic Raab under fire for secretive meet with no-deal Brexit lobbyist

  Published on: 17 June 2019

  Written by: Peter Geoghegan All articles by Peter Geoghegan

  Written by: Jenna Corderoy All articles by Jenna Corderoy

  Tory prime minister hopeful, who pledged to suspend Parliament to push through a no-deal Brexit, had an undeclared...

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  Published in: Dark Money Investigations

  Revealed: Climate change denier makes big donations to Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt

  Published on: 12 June 2019

  Written by: Peter Geoghegan All articles by Peter Geoghegan

  Tory hopefuls under fire for accepting cash from company linked to major ‘climate science denial’ group. Johnson has...

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  Published in: oDR

  Why are so many Brexiteer politicians cosying up to this Armenian oligarch?

  Published on: 24 May 2019

  Written by: Thomas Rowley All articles by Thomas Rowley

  Since 2017 Conservative Eurosceptics have shown a strange fascination for a state in the South Caucasus, paying...

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  Published in: Dark Money Investigations

  Revealed: Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party candidate spread "propaganda" for Balkan warlord, was 'bugged' by MI6

  Published on: 21 May 2019

  Written by: Leigh Baldwin All articles by Leigh Baldwin

  Written by: Peter Geoghegan All articles by Peter Geoghegan

  Written by: Marcus Leroux All articles by Marcus Leroux

  John Kennedy distributed bogus claims of Bosnian war crimes and was suspected by intelligence services of funneling...

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  Published in: Dark Money Investigations

  Revealed: Former Brexit minister accused of breaching ministerial code in meeting with Spanish far right

  Published on: 16 May 2019

  Written by: Peter Geoghegan All articles by Peter Geoghegan

  Written by: Jenna Corderoy All articles by Jenna Corderoy

  Brexit department claims Chris Heaton-Harris “wasn’t acting in a ministerial capacity” – but he discussed Brexit...

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  Published in: Dark Money Investigations

  Key members of Jacob-Rees Mogg’s pro-Brexit MP lobby group finally revealed

  Published on: 1 May 2019

  Written by: Peter Geoghegan All articles by Peter Geoghegan

  Written by: Jenna Corderoy All articles by Jenna Corderoy

  Government forced to release list of ‘senior’ members of influential European Research Group, after long-running...

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  Published in: 50.50

  MPs from 14 countries call for inquiry into ‘dark money’ millions spent by US Christian right in Europe

  Published on: 17 April 2019

  Written by: Adam Bychawski All articles by Adam Bychawski

  Following openDemocracy revelations, politicians demand information on American groups ‘trying to buy influence in...

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  Published in: Dark Money Investigations

  “Not in the public interest”: why the Electoral Commission didn’t investigate Vote Leave and DUP donation

  Published on: 1 April 2019

  Written by: Peter Geoghegan All articles by Peter Geoghegan

  Written by: Jenna Corderoy All articles by Jenna Corderoy

  The UK’s election watchdog doesn’t think it’s worth finding out if the Brexit campaign broke the law more than once....

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  Published in: 50.50

  Revealed: dozens of European politicians linked to US ‘incubator for extremism’

  Published on: 27 March 2019

  Written by: Nandini Archer All articles by Nandini Archer

  Written by: Claire Provost All articles by Claire Provost

  New openDemocracy research exposes increasing connections between a network of US, Russian and other...